当地时间3月23日，伊朗外长阿拉格齐与俄罗斯外长拉夫罗夫通电话，就中东局势交换意见。拉夫罗夫表示，中东局势因美国和以色列的“侵略”行为而明显恶化。拉夫罗夫强调，美以对伊朗核设施，包括布什尔核电站的攻击不可接受。此类行动不仅威胁人员安全，还可能对该地区环境造成严重后果。此外，两国外长还对冲突可能进一步外溢表示关切。（央视新闻） 风险提示及免责条款 市场有风险，投资需谨慎。本文不构成个人投资建议，也未考虑到个别用户特殊的投资目标、财务状况或需要。用户应考虑本文中的任何意见、观点或结论是否符合其特定状况。据此投资，责任自负。

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scanrail/iStock via Getty Images Verde Clean Fuels ( VGAS ) said late Friday it appointed current CFO George Burdette as its new CEO effective March 20, succeeding Ernie Miller, who is stepping down from his CEO role to pursue another opportunity. Burdette brings more than 20 years of experience in financial and corporate development roles; before joining Verde Clean Fuels (VVGAS) in 2024, he held the CFO positions at Arbor Renewable Gas, a private equity-owned renewable fuels platform, and at Itafos, a phosphate fertilizer producer. Miller became CEO of Verde Clean Fuels ( VGAS ) in 2023 after serving as CFO of Rodeo Resources, a company that invested in operated and non-operated E&P midstream and mineral interests, and as an asset manager and director of finance at Calpine Corp. Also, Verde Clean Fuels ( VGAS ) said it has retained Roth Capital as its financial advisor to evaluate strategic alternatives, including a potential merger or sale. More on Verde Clean Fuels Financial information for Verde Clean Fuels Verde Clean Fuels: The Development Stage Progress Continues

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) has received a fresh vote of confidence from Wall Street, as Wedbush Securities reaffirmed its bullish stance on the stock. The firm’s analyst, Dan Ives, reiterated an ‘Outperform’ rating and maintained a price target of $230. With shares trading around $157 the target implies a potential upside of roughly 52%. PLTR one-week stock price chart. Source: Finbold According to Ives, Palantir is gaining momentum across U.S. government agencies, particularly within the Department of Defense, where increasing exposure to IT budgets is helping drive new deal activity. The note highlighted that federal contract traction is strengthening, supported by the company’s alignment with complex geopolitical and security needs. Ives also pointed to Palantir’s software as well-positioned to address evolving defense and intelligence challenges, enabling the company to expand its footprint across key programs tied to the Pentagon. Beyond government, the analyst sees Palantir on a strong path within the AI landscape, with its platforms increasingly embedded in high-value use cases. This positioning, combined with sustained deal wins across its federal portfolio, is expected to support long-term growth. Wall Street bullish on PLTR stock Beyond Ives, the broader Wall Street consensus remains bullish on the American software giant, which has enjoyed massive gains in recent years. Analysts tracked by TipRanks assign PLTR shares a ‘Moderate Buy’ rating based on 20 analysts. The breakdown includes 14 buy ratings, four holds, and two sell recommendations, reflecting a broadly positive, though not unanimous, outlook on the company’s trajectory. The average price target stands at $194.61, implying a potential upside of about 29.15% from the last recorded price of $150.68. The highest estimate stands at $260.00, while the lowest target is $70. PLTR 12-month stock price prediction. Source: TipRanks Despite the bullish outlook, analysts have flagged valuation conc...

In spring 2024, two days after undergoing complex cardiac surgery in the Midlands, a man in his mid-70s unexpectedly deteriorated and died. The hospital referred the death to the coroner’s service, as is protocol when a cause is unknown, and clinical negligence barrister Anthony Searle was instructed by the man’s devastated family to represent them. To try to get to the bottom of what had happened, Searle knew he would need to ask the surgeons some probing questions. So when the coroner declined his request for an independent expert report, Searle was frustrated. Read full article Comments

Widely seen as a bellwether for China’s emerging humanoid robotics industry, Unitree’s listing, if approved, could become a landmark test of investor appetite for so-called embodied AI companies. Here is what you need to know about Unitree, including how it makes a profit while peers are still burning cash, its shareholder structure, supply chain details and its client portfolio. Who is the founder? Founder Wang Xingxing is firmly in control, with a 23.8 per cent direct equity stake and nearly 69 per cent of voting rights. Advertisement Born in 1990 in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, and educated at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in Hangzhou and Shanghai University, Wang founded Unitree in 2016. He is said to be a very hands-on CEO, deeply involved in research and development (R&D), personally interviewing candidates and overseeing nearly every aspect of operations. He made headlines when he was seated in the front row at President Xi Jinping’s high-profile business symposium in February 2025. A photo posted by Wang Xingxing, CEO of Unitree Robotics, shows him with the the company’s H1 general-purpose humanoids ahead of a Chinese New Year television performance. Photo: Weibo Who are the investors? External shareholders include Meituan, HongShan China (formerly Sequoia China) and Matrix Partners China, holding roughly 9.6 per cent, 7.1 per cent and 5.5 per cent, respectively. Tech giants including Tencent Holdings, Alibaba Group Holding, Ant Group, Xiaomi and ByteDance have also invested, directly or indirectly, alongside industrial players such as BYD and Geely, as well as state-backed funds from cities including Shanghai and Beijing. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post.

Pavel Kot/iStock via Getty Images Performance Recap For the quarter, the PGIM Muni High Income Fund Class Z returned 1.37% net of fees and outperformed the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index and the Bloomberg Customized Blend Index gross of fees. Key Contributors The Fund's yield curve positioning. An overweight position in Puerto Rico Sales Tax bond. Key Detractors An overweight to Industry Development Revenue (IDR) & Pollution Control Revenue (PCR) bonds. An overweight position in Puerto Rico Sales Tax bonds. Market Review In Q4, total return performance for tax-exempt municipal bonds was positive, as issuance remained heavy and the Fed resumed its rate cutting policy with a 25-bp cut in both October and December. While bonds on the long end of the muni curve outperformed short and intermediate bonds during the quarter, longer maturities underperformed short maturities as the muni curve steepened over the full year. The tax-exempt market, as represented by the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index, returned 1.56% in Q4 (on a total return basis), while the Bloomberg Taxable Municipal Index posted total returns of 1.37%. Municipal/Treasury yield ratios on 5-year, 10-year, and 30-year maturities ended the period at 65% (+3 pp), 66% (-4 pp), and 88% (-2 pp), respectively. Gross issuance in December totaled $41 billion and net issuance totaled $10 billion, bringing gross and net issuance for 2025 to $582 billion and $237 billion, respectively. Taxable issuance was $2 billion, representing 6% of December's total gross supply. On the demand side, tax-exempt mutual bond funds posted around $4 billion in inflows in December, driven primarily by inflows from national funds, ETFs, and intermediate funds. For 2025, inflows totaled around $49 billion ($14 billion for mutual funds and $35 billion for ETFs). Redemptions in December totaled $31 billion, lower than the historical average for the month. Quarter The Fund's yield curve positioning also had a positive impact as the 5s10s portion...

Most investors still think of Uber Technologies (UBER +1.85%) as a ride-hailing company. Some may also know its food delivery business, Uber Eats. But that framing is starting to look incomplete. Behind the scenes, Uber is steadily expanding into a much larger opportunity, one that goes far beyond transporting people and delivering meals. The company is positioning itself at the center of local commerce and logistics, a market measured in the trillions of dollars globally. From rides to a broader commerce platform Uber's core business still involves mobility. But over time, it has layered on additional services that extend far beyond transportation. Delivery is the clearest example. What started as restaurant delivery has expanded into: Grocery Retail Convenience items Other everyday goods On its latest earnings call, management highlighted that grocery and retail alone represent a trillion-dollar opportunity, with significant room for expansion. This matters because it changes how investors should think about Uber. Instead of a ride-hailing company with a delivery side business, Uber increasingly looks like a platform that connects consumers with local goods and services on demand. Think local e-commerce. The same network, more use cases. What makes this strategy compelling is that Uber doesn't need to build an entirely new business from scratch. It already has a global user base, a network of drivers, merchant relationships, and routing and dispatch infrastructure. Each new category can be plugged into that existing system. That creates a powerful flywheel. More merchants increase selection. More selection attracts more users. More users create greater demand on the platform, which in turn attracts more drivers and couriers. Over time, that network becomes increasingly difficult to replicate. Uber is essentially taking the infrastructure it built for ride-hailing and applying it to a broader set of local commerce use cases, giving the company enormous economies of...

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The most talked about and market moving research calls around Wall Street are now in one place. Here are today's research calls that investors need to know, as compiled by The Fly. Top 5 Upgrades: Morgan Stanley upgraded Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP) to Overweight from Equal Weight with an unchanged price target of $45. The shares do not reflect the company's accelerating growth profile, the firm tells investors in a research note. Morgan Stanley upgraded Cheniere Energy (LNG) to Overweight from Equal Weight with a price target of $313, up from $236. The upgrade follows the damage to Qatar's liquified natural gas plant in Ras Laffan. Raymond James upgraded AeroVironment (AVAV) to Market Perform from Underperform without a price target. The firm cites valuation for the upgrade following the stock's 35% decline since March 2. Stifel upgraded Valvoline (VVV) to Buy from Hold with a price target of $42, up from $40. The stock's recent pullback provides a "compelling entry point," the firm tells investors in a research note. Mizuho upgraded MongoDB (MDB) to Outperform from Neutral with a price target of $325, up from $290. The firm sees a "compelling" share setup post the company's fiscal Q4 report. Top 5 Downgrades: Northland downgraded Super Micro (SMCI) to Market Perform from Outperform with a $22 price target. While the firm views the separation of the Chief Compliance Officer and CFO roles as a positive, it says this "appears reactionary rather than proactive" and believes Super Micro will challenged with flattish revenue and earnings growth until actions are taken to separate the Chairman and CEO roles. William Blair downgraded Dropbox (DBX) to Underperform from Market Perform without a price target. The firm also downgraded GitLab (GTLB), N-able (NABL), and Backblaze (BLZE) to Underperform. In addition, the firm cut Box (BOX), Varonis (VRNS), Commvault (CVLT), AvePoint (AVPT), and Nutanix (NTNX) to Market Perform, citing the "increased uncertainty that ...

Sundry Photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Investment Thesis Pony AI Inc. ( PONY ) is a maker of autonomous taxis and trucks looking to differentiate itself. Part of that is through an asset-light licensing model, which allows Pony to collect high-margin revenue while staying away from heavy fleet costs. As the company continues scaling, this model could potentially push them to profitability faster than peers. The company is already one of the most advanced in China, with fully driverless operations across its four tier-one cities. Besides licensing, the company also reduced their bill of materials for Gen-7, allowing unit cost breakeven in two markets. Not only is Pony targeting robotaxis, but robotrucks as well. The robotaxi market is expected to reach ~$147 billion by 2033, up from ~$1.2 billion in 2026. On the other hand, autonomous trucking is expected to be worth ~$140 billion by 2033 and ~$53 billion in 2026. This gives Pony a more attractive offering, with huge TAMs on the two sides of the business and more room to capture a market in its early stages. Grand View Research Down from a 52-week high of $24.92, Pony looks like an attractive buy at current prices. Going into earnings pre-market on March 26th , I'll be looking for continued revenue traction, but most importantly, fleet numbers that are on track with guidance. Overall, with Pony's Gen-7 improving cost efficiency, a promising licensing model gaining traction, and huge market potential, I'm rating Pony a Buy. Licensing Model The traditional robotaxi model is very capital intensive, with money spent on cars, sensors, and deployment. Pony started with that, but also offers a more capital-light model that allows for higher-margin licensing revenue. By partnering with companies like Sunlight Mobility and Shenzhen Shihu Group that purchase the robotaxis themselves, Pony can collect licensing fees instead of taking on operating costs of a whole fleet. This model has been picking up steam over th...

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Blue Owl Capital is still recommended as a buy because institutional demand for alternative assets remains robust, according to a report out Monday from TD Cowen. Still, the asset manager is likely to see choppy near-term performance through Labor Day "reflecting elevated redemption cycle and impact on earnings," analyst led by Bill Katz wrote. TD Cowen reiterated a buy on Blue Owl but lowered its 12-month price target to $14 from $16, implying roughly 54% upside from Friday's close. "Investors are effectively pricing in (at a minimum) complete extinction of OWL's ~$35B (in NAV) evergreen complex … expect short-term price chop," analyst Bill Katz said Monday in the note. Shares of Blue Owl tumbled nearly 6% on February 20, after selling $1.4 billion of loan assets in three private debt funds and permanently restricting withdrawals from one retail-focused funds. Blue Owl Capital Corporation II, which paused quarterly redemptions, accounted for the largest portion of the sale. Blue Owl's actions have helped stoke investor jitters over risks in the nearly $2 trillion private credit market. As a result, new investors may be hesitant to allocate capital to Blue Owl-operated funds, while existing investors are likely to continue to pull out of some of its vehicles, TD Cowen said. "Tactically, we expect OCIC/OTIC redemptions to remain elevated, while headline noise in Private Credit could delay 401(k) entry," Katz wrote, referring to Blue Owl Credit Income Corp. (OCIC) and Blue Owl Technology Income Corp (OTIC). Blue Owl co-CEO Doug Ostrover offered last week some promising updates about the asset manager's outlook across real assets, including data centers, the TD Cowen analysts said. The executive also argued that institutional demand for high-growth alternative assets has remained strong. TD Cowen argues that the 9.9% dividend yield will help support the stock and that a 20 times multiple on the remaining pieces of the company still leaves about a $15 value in the stock...

SINGAPORE, March 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HomesToLife Ltd (Nasdaq: HTLM) (“HomesToLife” or the “Company”), a Singapore-based home furniture company with sales across Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America, today announced its audited financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (“FY2025”). “We are pleased to deliver strong operational and financial results for the full year, underpinned by our diversified export model and disciplined capital management,” said Ms. Phua Mei Ming, Chief Executive Officer of HomesToLife. “As we move forward, we will continue to execute our expansion strategy, deepen our presence in key markets, and ensure that HomesToLife remains well positioned to capture new growth opportunities.” Key Financial Highlights FY2024 FY2025 Chg 4Q2024 4Q2025 Chg US$’000 US$’000 (%) US$’000 US$’000 (%) Net revenue 335,061 377,876 13 % 96,097 102,799 7 % Export 312,043 349,599 12 % 88,491 94,690 7 % Retail 4,564 9,116 100 % 1,620 3,429 112 % Leather 18,454 19,161 4 % 5,986 4,680 (22 )% By geographical 335,061 377,876 13 % 96,097 102,799 7 % Asia Pacific 95,848 101,606 6 % 25,510 26,469 4 % Europe 196,592 225,547 15 % 58,730 59,605 1 % North America 42,621 50,723 19 % 11,857 16,725 41 % Gross profit 83,028 105,305 27 % 22,147 29,171 32 % Gross margin (%) 24.8 % 27.9 % 3.1 pp 23.0 % 28.4 % 5.4 pp Operating expenses 73,516 85,934 17 % 20,940 23,776 14 % Selling expenses 54,727 66,332 21 % 15,076 18,958 26 % General and Administrative 17,349 18,337 6 % 4,910 4,525 (8 )% Listing expenses 1,440 1,265 (12 )% 953 293 (69 )% Income from operations 9,512 19,371 104 % 1,207 5,395 347 % Net income 8,421 16,554 97 % 742 3,396 358 % Earnings per share (Basic and diluted) 0.094 0.185 97 % 0.008 0.038 358 % Financial results for FY2025, the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (“FY2024”), the fourth quarter of 2025 (“4Q2025”) and the fourth quarter of 2024 (“4Q2024”), unless otherwise stated, reflect the inclusion of HTL Marketing Pte. Ltd.(“HTL Marketin...

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peeterv/E+ via Getty Images Main Street Capital ( MAIN ) has followed its business development peers lower as market concerns around the impact of AI on the software industry, "credit cockroaches", and private credit redemptions have sparked bearish calls of a crisis. MAIN had 1% of its portfolio at fair value on nonaccrual status as of the end of its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter. This figure improved by 20 basis points sequentially from 1.2% in the third quarter, with nonaccruals at cost improving by 30 basis points sequentially to 3.3%. Internally managed MAIN focuses on lower middle market debt and equity, with management also building an asset management business ("AMB") to provide income diversification and a lever for enhanced shareholder returns. Fitch Ratings Data by YCharts The BDC last declared a monthly base cash dividend of $0.26 per share , kept unchanged from its prior distribution, and $3.12 per share annualized for a 5.67% dividend yield. There was also a supplemental distribution of $0.30 per share to be paid in the quarter, which provides an incremental dividend yield of 2.18% when annualized. MAIN's aggregate dividend yield is 7.85%, around a 346 basis point spread to the U.S. 10-year Treasury rate ( US10Y ) for a company rated investment grade at " BBB- " by Fitch Ratings. I last covered MAIN in September with a hold on the back of its high premium to net asset value ("NAV") against rising market uncertainty on private credit. This was the month where the high-profile collapse of First Brands Group and Tricolor catalyzed bearish calls of private credit cockroaches, sparking the first leg of a prolonged downturn for BDCs that's been compounded by SaaSpocalypse fears. Data by YCharts Data by YCharts SaaSpocalypse, Credit Quality, And NII Growth The SaaSpocalypse essentially defines a new market zeitgeist around the risk posed to software companies from AI-written code. The prior structural moat could be removed if AI-written software radically reduce...

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This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) is teaming up with Emerald AI and a group of major power companies to tackle one of AI's biggest emerging problems: how to power it fast enough. The partnership includes AES (AES), Constellation, Invenergy, NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) and Vistra (NYSE:VST), and focuses on building a new kind of AI factory that connects directly to the power grid. These facilities will run on Nvidia's Vera Rubin DSX design and DSX Flex software, allowing them to plug into grid services more quickly while also acting as flexible energy assets. In simple terms, these aren't just data centers, they're designed to both consume and support electricity systems. To speed things up, the companies plan to use on-site power generation and storage as a temporary bridge, getting AI capacity online faster. Over time, those same assets can send power back to the grid when needed. Emerald AI's Conductor platform will coordinate all of this, balancing compute demand with batteries and local generation. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the goal is to make AI performance and energy efficiency available immediately.

JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images By Nicholas Tan, Investment Research Analyst @ Khaveen Investments In our previous analysis of KLA Corporation ( KLAC ), we expected KLA to capitalize on the semicon market recovery, supported by end-market growth in the memory segment, driven by AI, as well as end-market improvement in the logic & foundry segment, driven by continuous investments by TSMC and Samsung ( SSNLF ). We further believed that its process control growth outlook remained robust due to key growth drivers such as advanced packaging, shifts towards GAA architecture, and high NA EUV technology. We also expected its Flat Panel Display closure would improve overall margins by 0.3%. Since our last coverage, its stock price has surpassed our previous price target of $810.13 (as of 30/08/2024) and is currently trading at $1,409 (as of 13/03/2026), which is almost double our previous target price. In this analysis, we thus analyze whether its stock price run-up is justified. We first examine whether its revenue growth justifies its increase in stock price by analyzing its revenue breakdown and historical P/S. We then evaluate whether its earnings margin improvement justifies the rise in its stock price by examining its margins and historical EV/EBITDA. We lastly evaluate whether its FCF growth justifies the growth in its stock price by analyzing its FCF margins and historical P/FCF. P/S Comparison We first examine whether its revenue growth justifies its increase in stock price by analyzing its revenue breakdown. We thus compile their historical revenue breakdown. In terms of revenue breakdown, the company does not include advanced packaging revenue as a breakdown within its financial segment report but does disclose it in its earnings calls. In our previous analysis, we thus estimated that a portion of advanced packaging revenue was attributable to wafer inspection, patterning, and specialty semiconductor processes, as these segments have overlapping tools ...

格隆汇3月23日｜据央视，当地时间3月23日，伊朗几位“高级领导层”表示，特朗普当日声称正在与伊朗进行谈判的说法不属实。据悉，伊朗“高级领导层”表示，伊朗与美国之间没有任何谈判。伊朗方面称，特朗普之所以“撤回”攻击，是因为伊朗武装力量作出的“决定性、有力且可信的报复威慑”。伊朗方面强调，对霍尔木兹海峡的立场没有改变，也不会改变。

美国能源部长克里斯・赖特将于周一在一场能源会议上发表讲话，金融市场寄望特朗普总统释放信号，表明伊朗战争可能很快结束。 全球顶级石油企业高管、美国政府高级官员及各国重量级政策制定者齐聚得克萨斯州休斯顿，参加标普全球举办的年度 剑桥能源周（CERAWeek） 会议。此次会议召开之际，伊朗战争已引发史上规模最大的石油供应中断。 赖特周一发表讲话前，特朗普表示，在与伊朗伊斯兰共和国进行 “富有成效” 的对话后，他将推迟五天对伊朗电厂的打击行动。总统在接受美国消费者新闻与商业频道（CNBC）采访时称，美国 “非常希望与伊朗达成协议”。 特朗普周六曾威胁，若德黑兰不全面开放 霍尔木兹海峡 ，美国将轰炸伊朗能源基础设施。据伊朗官方媒体报道，伊朗警告称，将对美国和以色列在该地区的 “所有能源、信息技术及海水淡化设施” 进行报复。 随着伊朗袭击波斯湾商船，通过霍尔木兹海峡的油轮运输量大幅下滑。该海峡是全球最重要的石油出口海上通道，战前全球约 20% 的石油供应需经此狭窄水道运输。 美伊双方的强硬言论加剧了市场担忧，即中东能源基础设施可能再度遇袭，进一步恶化供应中断局面。但特朗普周一的表态让市场燃起希望，认为战争仍有降级路径。周一油价暴跌， 道琼斯 期货大幅上涨，10 年期美国国债收益率走低。 自 2 月 28 日美以袭击伊朗以来，国际基准 布伦特原油 价格已飙升超 40%，突破每桶 100 美元。 责任编辑：郭明煜

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Palantir Technologies (PLTR, Financials) is set to play a larger role in U.S. defense after its Maven AI system was designated as an official program of record by the Pentagon, according to a report. A letter from Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg to top military officers on March 9th spelled out the decision. The designation signifies that Maven will no longer be a restricted or experimental program, but a normal, long-term system used by the U.S. military. Maven utilizes AI to look at a lot of data, such battlefield and surveillance intelligence, to assist make better decisions and run operations more smoothly. The move shows how much the Pentagon is relying on AI technology to make defense stronger. It also makes Palantir a more important contractor in the U.S. government's IT ecosystem. For Palantir, the classification might give them a better idea of their long-term revenue from defense expenditure. As the initiative is rolled out throughout military activities, investors will be on the lookout for further contract extensions and financing information.

Palantir Technologies (PLTR, Financials) is set to play a larger role in U.S. defense after its Maven AI system was designated as an official program of record by the Pentagon, according to a report. A letter from Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg to top military officers on March 9th spelled out the decision. The designation signifies that Maven will no longer be a restricted or experimental program, but a normal, long-term system used by the U.S. military. Maven utilizes AI to look at a lot of data, such battlefield and surveillance intelligence, to assist make better decisions and run operations more smoothly. The move shows how much the Pentagon is relying on AI technology to make defense stronger. It also makes Palantir a more important contractor in the U.S. government's IT ecosystem. For Palantir, the classification might give them a better idea of their long-term revenue from defense expenditure. As the initiative is rolled out throughout military activities, investors will be on the lookout for further contract extensions and financing information.

Mamdani's Tax Fantasy Is Already Failing Somewhere Else Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Last week I wrote that Zohran Mamdani is a f***ing moron has proposed a new estate tax that is not really aimed at billionaires but at ordinary New Yorkers whose so called wealth is largely tied up in the homes they spent decades paying off. That argument may have sounded abstract to some readers, like a warning about unintended consequences that might or might not materialize. But we do not have to speculate about how these kinds of burdensome taxation policies play out. Other than the Laffer Curve, which exists for a reason and has existed for 50 years now, we have another real world example, and it is happening in a state that shares many of New York’s political instincts and fiscal habits. Massachusetts recently implemented a new 4% surtax on income above one million dollars after voters approved the measure in 2022. Supporters framed it as a targeted, reasonable way to raise revenue from top earners in order to fund public priorities like education and transportation. In theory, it was precisely the kind of policy that politicians like Mamdani claim will generate large sums of money without broader economic consequences. But, of course , the early data tells a more complicated and far less comforting story. In 2023, the first year the surtax took effect, Massachusetts experienced a net outflow of $4.2 billion in adjusted gross income. That number increased eight percent from the prior year. This was not driven by a sudden collapse in population or some unrelated shock. It reflects a steady and measurable movement of income and the people who earn it out of the state. Even more telling is that this shift occurred despite the fact that overall migration patterns did not dramatically worsen. In other words, fewer people may have left, but those who did leave took significantly more income with them. Chart: Bloomberg This is the dynamic that advocates of higher taxes on so cal...

格隆汇3月23日｜据央视，当地时间23日，伊朗外长阿拉格齐与俄罗斯外长拉夫罗夫通电话，就中东局势交换意见。拉夫罗夫表示，中东局势因美国和以色列的“侵略”行为而明显恶化。拉夫罗夫强调，美以对伊朗核设施，包括布什尔核电站的攻击不可接受。此类行动不仅威胁人员安全，还可能对该地区环境造成严重后果。此外，两国外长还对冲突可能进一步外溢表示关切。

(RTTNews) - Everest Group, Ltd. (EG), a specialty reinsurance company, Monday announced that it has agreed to sell its Canadian Retail Insurance operations, Everest Insurance Company of Canada, to The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company. The financial details of the deal, scheduled to close in the second half of the year, have not been disclosed The deal is part of the company's strategic repositioning and is in line with its previously announced plan to exit its commercial retail insurance operations, following the 2025 sale of its global retail commercial insurance renewal rights to AIG. With this the reinsurance firm wants to further focus on its core reinsurance and global wholesale and specialty insurance businesses. Currently, EG shares are trading at $319.58, up 1.12% on the New York Stock Exchange. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals (SDEV) will change its name to Stablecoin Development Corporation, the company said on Monday. Its NYSE American ticker symbol is SDEV, expected to be effective on Friday, April 3, 2026. The company held ~2.06 billion SKY tokens as of March 16, 2026, representing ~8.78% of the total supply of SKY NBY is -0.0% to $1.16 Source: Press Release More on NovaBay NovaBay: 'Hold' Rating As New M&A Direction Could Evolve But With Risks NovaBay plunges on sales agreement for $100M stock Financial information for NovaBay

格隆汇3月23日｜纳斯达克中国金龙指数涨超0.5%，知乎涨7.55%，小鹏汽车涨5.09%，世纪互联涨3.80%，蔚来涨3.87%，新氧涨3.10%。

格隆汇3月23日｜据期货日报，近日，焦煤期货大涨，谈及焦煤期价大涨的原因，东海期货黑色金属首席研究员刘慧峰表示，从地缘风险看，中东冲突持续升级使市场对能源供应偏紧的预期升温。从基本面看，本周高炉日均铁水产量环比大幅回升，钢厂及焦化厂均开始补库。从历史数据看，动力煤将进入夏季用电高峰前的补库阶段。“上周以来，市场对煤矿进一步增产的预期升温。若钢材需求恢复不及预期，上游煤矿可能重回累库状态。”刘慧峰说。